Puzzle House, Trafalgar Brierley nr Cinderford (General)

by slowhands , proud of his ancient Dean Forest roots, Wednesday, June 20, 2012, 15:45 (4542 days ago) @ acpapb

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Puzzle House Trafalgar, Cinderford, Gloucestershire GL14 3JQ

http://www.flickr.com/photos/midlandexplorerboy/4751644784/

http://wikimapia.org/11737781/Trafalgar-Colliery

Trafalgar colliery near Cinderford, (fn. 23) which was in production in 1860, was developed by the Brain family and was the only large mine in the coalfield run by free miners in the later 19th century. The colliery, which in 1882 became the first in England to have electric pumps, (fn. 24) took over the workings of Strip And At It colliery to the north, and a short tramroad through a tunnel connected the pitheads. (fn. 25)

From: 'Forest of Dean: Industry', A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 5: Bledisloe Hundred, St. Briavels Hundred, The Forest of Dean (1996), pp. 326-354. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=23267 Date accessed: 20 June 2012.

http://www.lightmoor.co.uk/forestcoal/CoalTrafalgar.html

The main upcast shaft was called Puzzle, as the pit had been driven up-hill to the surface.

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